Plumb-level.



A. NIEDERGANG.

PLUMB LEVEL. APPLICATION 111.111) JULY 13, 1912.

WITNESSES: Z i W W Hm TTOR COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 20. WASHINGTON, D. c.

us r'rnNT F6 ANTOINE NIEDEBGANG, 0F HOUSTON, TEXAS.

PLUMB-LEVEL.

Patented Dec. 23,1912.

Application filed July 13, 1912. Serial No. 709,197.

1,046,101, Specification of Letters Patent.

ring by means of set screws 9. The level frame is ad ustably secured inposltion by means of screws 10 which pass through the To all whom a mayconcern;

Be it known that I, ANTOINE Nrnnnneane, a citizen of the United States,residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State flange 6 andthrough the arcuate slots 11 1n of Texas, have invented certain new andthe rim 4. The level frame may thus be aduseful Improvements inPlumb-Levels, of justed or turned on its arcuate seat, the which thefollowing is a specification. screws 10 sliding in the slots 11. Thelower My invention relates to new and useful segment of the front sideof the plate 8 is improvements in plumb levels. graduated from 0 to 90degrees each way The object of the invention is to provide from thecenter thereof. Depending from an article of the character describedwhich the free end of the finger 7 is a bob 12 which may be used forleveling horizontal, or is pivoted to said finger so as to swing freely.plumbing vertical surfaces and one which is The lower end of this bobterminates in simple and durable and of easy construction. a pointer 13which traverses the graduated Another object of the invention is toproscale and enables the user to determine the vide an article of thecharacter described angle of inclination of the base 2. which will be soconstructed that the level In order to remove the level attachmentattachment may be adjusted in, or readily from the stock, it will onlybe necessary to removed from and secured to a new stock withdraw thescrews 10 and the attachment or body, when it is so desired. may bereadily applied to a new stock. This With the above and other objects inview, isa feature of importance inasmuch as when the invention hasparticular relation to certhe stock has become useless from wear s0 tainnovel features of construction and arthat the base 2 thereof is nolongertrue, a rangement of parts, an example of which new straight edge mayreadily be provide is given in this specification and illustrated andanother feature of importance resides in in the accompanying drawing,wherein 2- the construction whereby the frame may be Figure 1 is a viewin side elevation of a easily adjusted in the stock, as hereinbeforeplumb level, constructed in accordance with explained. the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional What I claim is: View thereof taken onthe line a-a of Fig. 1. 1. A plumb level embodying a stock, an Referringnow more particularly to the arcuate rim, or seat, having a plurality ofdrawings, the numeral 1 refers to the stock transverse slotstherethrough carried by said of the device which has a fiat base 2 andto stock, a level attachment embodying a ring which the levelattachment, which will be which rests upon said arcuate seat, adehereinafter described, is secured. This stock pending flange carriedby said ring and restis provided with grips 8, 3 at each end by ingagainst one side of said seat, a gradumeans of which the article may beheld in ated plate secured upon said ring and conany desired position.forming to the shape thereof, whose lower Centrally located, withrespect to the stock edge rests against the side of said seat oppoandintegral with the base 2, is an arcuate site said flange and therebyforming a rim, or seat 4, in which the frame of the groove in which saidseat rests, a plurality level is secured in the manner to be hereinofscrews extending through said flange and after set forth. This frameincludes a ring through said transverse slots and adjustaby 5,substantially circular in shape, the lower securing the attachment tothe stock, a finportion of which rests upon the rim 4 and ger carried bysaid ring and extending inwhich has a flange portion 6, forming awardly, a bob pivoted to the free end of said shoulder which restsagainst the side of the finger, the lower end of which terminates in rim4 and from the upper side of said ring a pointer arranged to traversethe gradudepends a finger 7. Fitting over the front ated portion of saidplate. side of this ring is a thin plate 8 which cor- 2. A plumb levelembodying a stock, an responds in all respects to the shape of thearcuate seat carried thereby and having a ring and which fits closelythereagainst and plurality of arcuate transverse slots, a level alsoagainst the side of the rim 4 opposite to attachment embodying a ringwhich rests the flange 6, forming a groove in which the upon said seatand carries a dependin seat 4 rests, and this plate is secured to theflange which rests against one side of sai Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by

the graduated portion of said plate as the position of said plumb levelis varied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ANTOINE NIEDERGANG.

Witnesses E. FRUDEBEOK, MAY MONTGOMERY.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

